Ex-headmaster at Tower Hill School faces child porn charges

WILMINGTON - The former headmaster of an elite private school here who resigned last week in the wake of a probe now faces child porn charges.

Delaware authorities have obtained an arrest warrant for 53-year-old Christopher Wheeler, charging him with with 25 counts of dealing in child pornography.

Wheeler is not in custody and authorities said Thursday they are searching for him and asking for the publicís help in locating him.

Wheeler stepped down as headmaster of Tower Hill School last week after the attorney generalís office searched his home and school office as part of a child abuse investigation.

Authorities say an examination of computers that were seized during the searches recovered multiple images of child pornography. Detectives with the state Child Predator Task Force secured an arrest warrant for Wheeler on Wednesday, charging him with 25 counts of dealing in child pornography.